Grant Projects in the News

Local students learn masonry skills at a Facilities Management Community Connections workshop. Photo credit: Matt Riley.

Our grantees have been busy! Check out projects recently featured in the news:

  • The Facilities Management Community Connections Program, a workforce development initiative that exposes middle- and high-school students to careers in the skilled trades, was recently featured in UVA Today. This program received a grant in 2024.
  • The Trust was an early supporter of UVA Sawmilling. See the Sawmilling team’s recent work in this UVA Today.
  • The Mechatronics and Robotics Society (MARS at UVA) recently competed at NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge, a robotics design competition for college students. Read more about their success in this UVA Engineering feature. MARS received a grant earlier this year to build a simulated lunar surface arena.
  • UVA Today and NBC29 News recently featured the work of Zack Landsman and Junk Labz, a 2023 grant recipient.

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